The Regius Professor of English Literature is a Regius Professorship at the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...

in Scotland. The first holder was appointed in 1894.

List of Regius Professors of English Literature

* Herbert Grierson (1894 to 1915); first incumbent * Adolphus Alfred Jack (1915 to 1938) * Geoffrey Bickersteth (1938 to 1954) * G. I. Duthie (1955 to 1967) * Andrew Rutherford (1968 to 1984) * R. P. Draper (1987 to 1994) * George Rousseau (1994 to 1998) * Peter R. K. A. Davidson (1998 to 2005) * Alison Lumsden FRSE (2020 - )

References

{{reflist Professorships at the University of Aberdeen English Literature Aberdeen Regius Professorship Professorships in literature